| Date | Action | Location | Vote |
| 12/20/2004 | Numbered | LRGC | |
| 12/20/2004 | Bill Distributed | LRGC | |
| 1/11/2005 | Senate/ received from Legislative Research | SINTRO | |
| 1/17/2005 | Senate/ read 1st (Introduced) | SSTRUL | |
| 1/19/2005 | Senate/ to standing committee | SSTBUS | |
| 1/26/2005 | Bill Distributed | SSTBUS | |
| 1/27/2005 | Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation | SSTBUS | |
| 1/27/2005 | Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation | SSTBUS | 6 3 0 |
| 1/27/2005 | Substitute Recommended by Standing Committee | SSTBUS | |
| 1/28/2005 | Senate/ comm report/ substitute | SSUB | |
| 1/28/2005 | Senate/ placed on 2nd | S2ND | |
| 2/1/2005 | Senate/ read 2nd | S2ND | |
| 2/1/2005 | Senate/ floor amendment | S2ND | |
| 2/1/2005 | Senate/ circled | S2ND | |
| 2/4/2005 | Senate/ uncircled | S2ND | |
| 2/4/2005 | Senate/ floor amendment | S2ND | |
| 2/4/2005 | Senate/ circled | S2ND | |
| 2/8/2005 | Senate/ uncircled | S2ND | |
| 2/8/2005 | Senate/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst | S2ND | |
| 2/8/2005 | Senate/ pass 2nd | S3RD | 22 7 0 |
| 2/9/2005 | Senate/ read 3rd | S3RD | |
| 2/9/2005 | Senate/ circled | S3RD | |
| 2/11/2005 | Senate/ uncircled | S3RD | |
| 2/11/2005 | Senate/ pass 3rd | HCLERK | 19 8 2 |
| 2/11/2005 | Senate/ to House with amendments | HCLERK | |
| 2/11/2005 | House/ received from Senate | HCLERK | |
| 2/11/2005 | House/ read 1st time (Introduced) | HSTRUL | |
| 2/16/2005 | House/ to standing committee | HSTBUS | |
| 2/18/2005 | Senate/ recalled by Senate | SSEC | |
| 2/24/2005 | House Comm - Returned to Rules | HSTBUS | |
| 2/24/2005 | House/ comm report/ sent to Rules Committee | HSTRUL | |
| 3/2/2005 | House/ enacting clause struck | SSEC | |
| 3/2/2005 | House/ to Senate | SSEC | |
| 3/2/2005 | House/ enacting clause struck | SFILE | |
| 3/2/2005 | Senate/ filed | SFILE |